What’s on House’s Tivo?
I’ve only recently started watching House M.D. After watching the episode with Felicia Day earlier this season, I immediately went back to the beginning and watched the show from start to present. A few years ago, Wilson got kicked out of his house by his now-ex-wife. For a short time, he was living with House. The two of them were perusing his Tivo recordings and this flashed on the screen.
I laughed out loud and paused the video. Wilson was asking House about all the episodes of New Yankee Workshop, but tucked toward the end of the list hides a recording of Blackadder.
The actor who plays House, Hugh Laurie, starred in Blackadder alongside Rowan Atkinson. It’s little inside jokes like that in television shows that make me LOVE them.
House and Wilson LOVE their Tivos. I watched this episode the other day:
I just laughed when I heard the familiar blip-bleep of Wilson’s Tivo.
House: “What is El Fuego del Amor and why do you need ten of them?”
Wilson: “It’s a telenovella. I’m learning Spanish.”
House: “Well, say adios!”
Wilson: “Are you erasing my Tivo?! House! Not the season finale!”
Honestly, Tivo has been the savior of television for me. I used to think that it was just a glorified VCR, but it has surprised me. After less than a year of training, Tivo KNOWS exactly what I want to watch. It can tell that I like House M.D., but I don’t like CSI or Grey’s Anatomy. It can tell that I would love to watch Legally Blonde again, but I have no desire to watch the latest Lifetime television special.
Before we connected our Tivo to our television, my TV watching had dwindled down to nothing. I would download a show or two on iTunes, but I had no desire to watch shows on my very EXCELLENT television. The VCR had become more of a burden than an asset, so I just stopped watching.
It’s nice to see that the writers of House M.D. know how important my Tivo is. I love to see the characters on television just as worried about losing an episode of El Fuego del Amor as I am about losing an episode of House.